A friend introduced me to a website recently and I am SO excited to use it on our RV adventure this week! It’s called RoadTrippers.com and I thought I’d give you a little tour of it today in case you had never heard of it either.
Here’s a look at the home page:
To plan our route, I just entered the city we’re leaving from and the city we’re ultimately driving to in the boxes at the bottom of the home page.
Then, on the left side of the screen, you’ll find a sidebar that looks like this:
Up at the top of that sidebar, you’ll find a horizontal menu that looks like this:
You can find exactly what you’re looking for on your route by clicking on those little icons. For instance, if we were looking for RV parks, we’d click on the little teepee icon and then click on “RV parks”.
That would pull up every RV park listed on our route:
And then you’ll also find links to pages where you can see pictures of and read reviews about each of the RV parks listed on the route.
So for example, if I click on the Lake Barkley State Resort listing in the photo below…
…this listing would pop up:
On that page, you can find information, photos, a description of the resort and reviews submitted by folks who have stayed there.
My favorite part about searching for things is how easy it is to choose what I want to look for. Each of the icons drops down to a menu of lots of options to choose from. Accommodations:
Attractions and Culture:
Food & Drink:
Outdoors & Recreation:
Points of Interest:
Vacation Rentals:
And let’s say I clicked on “Offbeat Attractions” on the Attractions & Culture icon, and zoomed in on a specific area of the map, I’d find several interesting options to choose from.
I’m sure Steevenson’s favorite would be the fossil gorge!
It’s super easy to add stops to your route and, from what I can tell, it will take a lot of the guesswork out of choosing where to stay, eat and explore along the way.
Have you ever used Roadtrippers.com? I’d love to hear about your experience if you have and I’ll let you know how it works out for us when we get back!
Layla
Thanks for sharing this. It is just what I needed for an upcoming trip! I had been trying to find things to do in the areas surrounding our destination. Zooming in on a nearby town gives lots of options. Although some of the things I found elsewhere did not show up here, this is so much easier than the way I had been searching.
Oh, if you go through Cadiz you must make the next stop Patti’s 1880s Settlement. The food is so good, and the desserts are amazing. If you are a super planner, they do take reservations. Lisa G in TN.
We’ve been thinking about an RV trip so this is perfect? Who are you renting the RV from? We’ve looked at several and they seem so expensive!
Have a great trip!
Another very useful app is Park Advisor. It finds RV parks and camping in whatever area you are travelling in. I have found it very useful. Have a wonderful trip. Getting on the road with the RV is going to be wonderful. Hopefully you won’t deal with much snow as you get further north lol
Enjoy camping with your son, there are so many beautiful places to see and so many teachable moments & confidence come from working as a family outdoors. We camped with our kids, mostly because that was all we could afford for vacations. I also worked for a camping program. Life is so very busy and kids are so overstimulated they can see Gods beauty and love outdoors! Wonderful critters, dirt, campfires, all the sounds the city drowns out. I love your Steevenson stories & your couple stories and humor
Thank you for the new app. Allstays is another good one. Manuka honey for Boo boos!
I’ve been using Roadtrippers for years and years! I used their journey planner app this year on my visit to USA. I must say though, do be aware that some of the information is not always accurate, and can be a bit tricky to use when you are planning a much bigger road trip. Especially when you are new to using it, but it is actually a great help.
I loved that you can put in points of interest that you want to go visit. It really is overall a great app. I now use it here in Australia as well! (Finally it is country friendly. It used to be only US based.
Enjoy the trip!